The origins of Brooklyn’s latest seven-figure funded startup are not what you’d expect.

Founder Will Canine came to New York to participate in the anti-capitalist protest Occupy Wall Street. He got the idea for his biotech and robotics startup from a dusty fourth-floor community biolab and hackerspace called Genspace (now called Biotech Without Borders).

Now Canine is announcing a $10 million seed funding round for his company, Opentrons, led by Khosla Ventures with participation from fellow heavy hitters Lerer Hippeau Ventures and Y Combinator.

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